Аrctic tourism: the rating of regions, the оpportunities and threats

Arctic and northern tourism as operational definitions are used in scientific publications more infrequently and irregularly. In practice, the tourism has become an inalienable sector of the economy; it has a multiplying effect for the development of social services, infrastructure and other sectors...

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Published in:Arctic and North
Main Author: Yury F. Lukin
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Russian
Published: Northern Arctic Federal University 2016
Subjects:
H
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.17238/issn2221-2698.2016.23.96
https://doaj.org/article/0645e4d4974a4453b53c1329a425d7b4
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Summary:Arctic and northern tourism as operational definitions are used in scientific publications more infrequently and irregularly. In practice, the tourism has become an inalienable sector of the economy; it has a multiplying effect for the development of social services, infrastructure and other sectors. The first National Tourist Rating of the 85 subjects of the Russian Federation (2015), the first rating of tourist attractiveness of the regions of the Russian Arctic contributes to the analyzes of the opportunities and threats to tourism.